as in grossness
the quality or state of being obscene
the alleged impureness of a novel that was banned in the United States until 1959
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Noun
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There are no great surprises from here on out, though the sheer, lusty grossness of the fallout is occasionally startling.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2026 -
If an exclamation point only signified gore and grossness, this gothic rock opera would more than qualify.—
Rachel Simon,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In addition, prosecutors say swastikas, antisemitic slogans and vulgarity were spray-painted on pillars underneath M-53 and Canal, a brick wall near a business and an electrical box at a second business.—
Joseph Buczek,
CBS News,
22 Apr. 2026
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His vulgarity, insults and threats do not make America great.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
11 Apr. 2026
Noun
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There’s some rudeness, aggressive conversations, and crudeness, but nothing too over the top.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Parents,
4 Aug. 2025
Noun
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But many seemingly urbane texts also benefited from the intellectual and moral coarseness of their times.—
Christine Smallwood,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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The term plant texture refers to the fineness or coarseness, roughness or smoothness, heaviness or lightness of a particular plant.—
David Beaulieu,
The Spruce,
15 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Surfaces are not simple and can exhibit all sorts of weird properties due to missing atoms, crystalline boundaries, and impurities from fabrication techniques.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
15 May 2026
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Those impurities may have masked the true adsorption capabilities of the materials.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
8 May 2026
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The obscenity is often to be found not on the page, but in the wider world, and in part Scranton has called a share of this outrage down upon himself.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 May 2026
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Or one that doesn’t deal primarily with (obscenity deleted) in a dance club or how much someone likes big rear ends.—
Marla Jo Fisher,
Oc Register,
13 May 2026
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The other funnymen of the time—Milton Berle with his lewd suggestiveness, Jackie Gleason with his baleful roar—did the same shtick over and over.—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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Marie is disciplined and principled, while her rebellious daughter prides herself on breaking the rules and reveling in lasciviousness.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Essence,
30 Dec. 2025
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“Impureness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impureness. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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